Thomas Gardiner Corcoran

Tommy Corcoran
Corcoran in 1938
Born
Thomas Gardiner Corcoran

(1900-12-29)December 29, 1900
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedDecember 6, 1981(1981-12-06) (aged 80)
Washington, D. C., U.S.
Other names"Tommy the Cork"
EducationBrown University (BA, MA)
Harvard University (LLB, SJD)
Political partyDemocratic

Thomas Gardiner Corcoran (December 29, 1900 – December 6, 1981) was an Irish-American legal scholar. He was one of several[1] advisors in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's brain trust during the New Deal, and later, a close friend and advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

  1. ^ O'Donnell, Edward T. (2002). 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History. New York, NY: Broadway Press. ISBN 0767906861. ISBN 978-0767906869.